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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][P2M] add printk to NP PAE logic in p2m


  • To: "Woller, Thomas" <thomas.woller@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:31:38 +0000
  • Delivery-date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:32:25 -0800
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
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  • Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][P2M] add printk to NP PAE logic in p2m

If we add that printk() then it's on a path triggerable by an HVM guest (via
the populate_physmap hypercall, for example) and there is a potential DoS
attack. The need to modify the Xen command line to enable NPT on PAE
hypervisor should really be caveat enough anyway.

 -- Keir

On 15/1/08 19:22, "Woller, Thomas" <thomas.woller@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Adding a P2M_ERROR message when startup of a PAE HVM guest, on a PAE
> hypervisor exceeds the ~4Gig memory size limitation.
> 
> Please apply to unstable (no need to add to 3.2-testing, or to 3.1.3).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Woller <thomas.woller@xxxxxxx>
> 
>   --Tom
> 
> thomas.woller@xxxxxxx  +1-512-602-0059
> AMD Corporation - Operating Systems Research Center
> Austin, Texas
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